trăng

See also: trang, Trang, tráng, trắng, and trång

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• giăng

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese blang, from Proto-Vietic *b-laŋ. Probably related to Proto-Austronesian *bulaN (“moon”), compare Malay bulan, Javanese wulan, Tagalog buan and Malagasy volana; or to Proto-Tai *ɓlɯənᴬ (“moon”), compare Thai เดือน (dʉʉan), Shan လိူၼ် (lǒen), Saek เบรี๋ยน and Zhuang ndwen.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaŋ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈaŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʈaŋ˧˧]

Proper noun

trăng • (𢁋, 𣎞, 𦝄)

1. (literary) the Moon

Synonyms

• mặt trăng

Derived terms

• mặt trăng; ông trăng
• trăng rằm; trăng tròn
• tuổi trăng rằm; tuổi trăng tròn